a unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 1016.046909 kilograms
2. Also called: short ton, net ton US
a unit of weight equal to 2000 pounds or 907.184 kilograms
3. Also called: metric ton, tonne
a unit of weight equal to 1000 kilograms
4. Also called: freight ton
a unit of volume or weight used for charging or measuring freight in shipping. It depends on the type of material being shipped but is often taken as 40 cubic feet, 1 cubic metre, or 1000 kilograms
freight is charged at £50 per ton of 1 cubic metre
5. Also called: measurement ton, shipping ton
a unit of volume used in shipping freight, equal to 40 cubic feet, irrespective of the commodity shipped
6. Also called: displacement ton
a unit used for measuring the displacement of a ship, equal to 35 cubic feet of sea water or 2240 pounds
7. Also called: register ton
a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet